Peace & Security Council Report

The August 2014 Peace & Security Council (PSC) Report by the Institute for Security Studies analyzes the African Union's (AU) response to crises in Mali and Nigeria, the operationalization of the PSC's counter-terrorism sub-committee, and ongoing reviews of the Council's internal working methods.

• The security situation in northern Mali deteriorated in July 2014, characterized by clashes between armed groups and terrorist attacks, including a rocket fired at a military base in Tessalit on 18 July and a suicide attack that killed a French soldier on 14 July.
• Peace efforts in Mali are centered on the Algiers talks, though progress is hindered by a lack of political will, fragmentation among rebel forces, and the Malian government's rejection of federalism and autonomy.
• Boko Haram has evolved from a domestic Nigerian issue into a regional threat, operating across an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometers and conducting at least 100 attacks in Nigeria and Cameroon between April and June 2014, resulting in nearly 1,000 deaths.
• Efforts to combat Boko Haram face four primary hurdles: deep mistrust between the group and the Nigerian government, limited capacity and cohesion within Nigerian security institutions, poor regional cooperation, and the politicization of the crisis along religious lines.
• The AU is working to fully operationalize its PSC sub-committee on counter-terrorism, which was established over three years prior but remained dormant; concrete action to activate it followed a decision on 23 May 2014.
• The PSC is reviewing its working methods to address issues such as the rotation of the monthly chairperson, the timely dissemination of documents by the AU Commission, and the operationalization of its seven subsidiary bodies.

APA

Dersso, S. A., Lulie, H., Atmossa, L., Demissie, K., Ewi, M., Assanvo, W., Maïga, I., Ouedraogo, F., & Louw-Vaudran, L. (2014). Peace & Security Council Report. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PSCNo61_July2014V2.pdf

Chicago

Dersso, Solomon A, Hallelujah Lulie, Lydia Atmossa, Kidist Demissie, Martin Ewi, William Assanvo, Ibrahim Maïga, Fatimata Ouedraogo, and Liesl Louw-Vaudran. Peace & Security Council Report. Institute for Security Studies, 2014. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PSCNo61_July2014V2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dersso2014peace, author = {Dersso, Solomon A and Lulie, Hallelujah and Atmossa, Lydia and Demissie, Kidist and Ewi, Martin and Assanvo, William and Maïga, Ibrahim and Ouedraogo, Fatimata and Louw-Vaudran, Liesl}, title = {{Peace \& Security Council Report}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2014}, month = aug, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PSCNo61_July2014V2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }